Rein-holder



T.A'.JO NES.

REIN HOLDER.

Patented Mar, 15, 1892.

(No Model.)

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TREVANNION A. J ONES OF DUBLIN, IOWA.

REIN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 470,683, dated March15, 1892.

7 Application filed July 24, 1891- Serial No. 400,554. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: Be it known that I, TREVANNION A. JONES, acitizen of the United States, residing at Dublin, in the countyof-Washington and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Rein-llolde s; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvementsin lineholders and protectors for harness; and it has forits objects, amongothers, to provide a simple, cheap, and durable device of this characterwhich can be readily applied to a harness and which will keep the linesdirectly over the horses back and prevent them from becoming entangledor the horse from holding them with his tail.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear,and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by theappended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, and in which Figure l is a perspective view of myimprovement. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section through the sameina vertical plane,

showing in dotted lines the location of the straps held therein.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in both views.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter,-A designates myimproved attachment, Which-may be formed of tin, iron, brass, leather,celluloid, or any other desired material, and is designed to be fastenedat the intersection of the crupper and back-strap.- It is formed of twosubstantially like partsB and 0, each of which is formed with a flatrectangular loop a, from the upper face of the adjacent ends of whichproject the tongues b, one of which is formed with a hole a to receivethe end of the other tongue, which is designed to pass through the saidhole and then secured either by bending, as shown in Fig. 2, or byfirstformingthe end of the tongue into a hook, as shown in Fig. 1. Ineither case the two parts are readily separable when desired. Thesetongues are raised slightly, as shown in both \iews, for the purpose ofproviding room for the back-strap F. (Shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2.)The hip-strap G passes through one of the loops at and through thecrupper or back-strap and then through the other loop, and then isdesigned to buckle to the breeching.

Each loop a is provided with a loop H upon its upper face and extendingin a vertical direction and lengthwise of the said loops at, as shown,and are designed to receive the reins, and thus keep them from becomingentangled or from gettii'ig under the tail of the horse.

The attachment can be readily appliedto harnesses now in use withoutpuncturing the harness or employing any rivets or the like.

WVhat I claim as new is The rein-holder described, oonsistin g of thetwo like parts, each'formed with a flat rectangular loop or tube with avertical rigid loop upon its upper face, extending lengthwise of thesaid fiat loop, and the two parts formed at their inner adjacent endswith'engaging tongues loosely connected directly together and raised forthe passage of the back-strap, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

TREVANNION A. JONES.

Witnesses W. E. KERR, R. M. SMITH.

